Matt and Nic return for news and deals of the week. In this episode: 

• 43% capital gains taxes?
• Are decentralized storage networks reaching fruition
• Binance US hires ex-Comptroller Brian Brooks
• Matt's Turkey problem
• A Turkish exchange apparently exit scams
• Scott Minerd has a new target for Bitcoin
• Bernstein isn't worried about Bitcoin's energy consumption
• Ark Invest thinks Bitcoin is an incentive for renewables
• How much did Bitcoin hashrate really collapse?
• What did we learn from the Xinjiang shutdown?
• Why hashrate is hard to estimate
• Xinjiang is more renewable than you think

Content mentioned in this episode: 

• Alliance Bernstein, Is Bitcoin ESG Friendly for Equity Investors?
• Square and Ark Invest, Bitcoin is Key to an Abundant, Clean Energy Future [pdf]

This episode supported by: 

• Sovryn, DeFi on Bitcoin
• Eventus, global leader in trade surveillance, market risk and transaction monitoring solutions